Zs – Xe (Northern Spy; due Jan. 27)

The Residents – The Sycamore Street Studio: 1974-77 Embracing Obscurity (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – The Grove Street Studio: 1978-80 Embracing Visibility (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – Performance Art: 1982-1990 Taking It on the Road (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – Interactive Media: 1991-97 Game Design (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – The Big Band: 1998-2003 Epic Productions (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – Storyteller: 2005-2008 Once Upon a Time (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – Party Band: 2009-2015 40th Anniversary (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – And Also: 1974-2015 Volume One (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

The Residents – And Also: 1974-2015 Volume Two (Radio Thoreau Jr.)

John Harbison – String Trio; Four Songs of Solitude; Songs America Loves to Sing – Camerata Pacifica (Harmonia Mundi)

Rene Hell – Vanilla Call Option (PAN)

Rene Hell – Porcelain Opera (Type)

Rene Hell – Baroque Arcade (Night-People)

Rene Hell – The Terminal Symphony (Type)

Zs – Grain (Northern-Spy)

Zs – New Slaves (The Social Registry)

Jack DeJohnette – Made in Chicago (ECM; due March 10)

Robert Schumann – Symphonies Nos. 1-4 – St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow (Vox)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Fantasia in C minor "Choral Fantasia"; Rondo in B-flat; Elegischer Gesang; Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt; Richard Wagner – Rienzi: Overture; Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I & III; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I; Parsifal: "Good Friday Spell"; Die Walküre: Act III, "Ride of the Valkyries" – Walter Klien, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Jerzy Semkow (Vox)

Carcass – Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious (Earache)

Napalm Death – Harmony Corruption (Earache)

Bolt Thrower – The IVth Crusade (Earache)

Opeth – Pale Communion (Roadrunner)

Minutemen – Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat (SST)

The Dead – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, April 25, 2009 (official concert recording)

R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (Warner Bros.)

Stefan Mathieu – "III. Third Dream" (from Nachtstücke) (Schwebung < Bandcamp)

Celer – Snowfall (Bandcamp)

Zs – Score – The Complete Sextet Works: 2002-2007 (Northern-Spy)

Calmus Ensemble – Madrigals of Madness (Carus)

Steve Reich – Duet for Two Violins and Strings; Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor (BWV 1060r); Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"; Colin Jacobsen/Siamak Aghari – Concerto for Santur, Violin and Orchestra; The Knights – The Ground Beneath Our Feet – The Knights (Warner Classics; due Jan. 26)

Parasitic Extirpation – Putrid Crown (Sevared < Bandcamp)

Castrator – No Victim (demo) (Bandcamp)

Abnormality – Contaminating the Hive Mind (Sevared < Bandcamp)

Grief – Turbulent Times (Southern Lord)

Grief – Come to Grief (Century Media)

Burning Witch – Crippled Lucifer (Southern Lord)

Grateful Dead – Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 8, 1977 (Archive.org)